British Comedy Guide
Daniel Kitson
Daniel Kitson

Daniel Kitson

  • 47 years old
  • English
  • Actor and stand-up comedian

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(ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards announce longlists

The (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards - the alternative new Fringe-based awards run by volunteers - have announced their longlists.

British Comedy Guide, 14th August 2023

5 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners returning to Scotland's capital in August

This week saw the release of the programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - with a huge 3,013 shows to choose from.

David Hepburn, The Scotsman, 14th June 2023

Free speech comedy clubs and the battle over onstage offence

Graham Linehan and Dapper Laughs walk into a club ... It sounds like the setup to a bad joke, yet platforming comics who may cause offence is a winning formula. But can a night run by a GB News host claim to be anti-establishment?

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 20th May 2023

Daniel Kitson's Edinburgh Fringe show goes on sale

And The Stand expands its programme... including another controversial booking.

Chortle, 8th May 2023

Can Daniel Kitson redefine the relationship between comic and audience?

The elusive stand-up seems to believe in making his listeners work. But it's not out of contempt. Instead, he's trying to forge an intimate human bond.

Jason Zinoman, The New York Times, 16th December 2022

Maybe A Ghost Story review - Daniel Kitson scares up a sparkling Halloween yarn

The comedian is as spontaneous as ever in this unadorned show featuring a one-ghost campaign to rewild the sanitised customs of All Hallows Eve.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 27th October 2022

These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares

Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...

British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022

James Acaster, Aisling Bea, Dylan Moran play new Manchester comedy festival

Laughterama, presented by heycar, is Manchester's all-new comedy festival, landing in Castlefield Bowl from 21-25th September 2022.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th June 2022

Daniel Kitson to play Regents Park, and tour

Daniel Kitson is returning to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre for a series of gigs this summer - and will also tour with his new work-in-progress show Outside.

Chortle, 22nd April 2022

David Byrne immortalises Daniel Kitson in song

The Talking Heads frontman has collaborated with Australian pop singer Montaigne on the new single, Always Be You.

Chortle, 28th February 2022

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